add old scripts

util/watchdir

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Directory change notifier
+# Requires: inotify-tools (inotifywait) and notify-send (libnotify)
+
+# If the user supplied a directory, use it. Otherwise default to ~/Downloads.
+DIR="${1:-$HOME/Downloads}"
+
+# Resolve to an absolute path
+DIR="$(realpath "$DIR" 2>/dev/null)"
+
+# Validate directory exists
+if [[ ! -d "$DIR" ]]; then
+    echo "❌ Error: '$DIR' is not a valid directory."
+    echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check dependency
+if ! command -v inotifywait >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "❌ Error: inotifywait (from inotify-tools) is required."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "👀 Watching directory: $DIR"
+echo "Press Ctrl+C to stop."
+echo
+
+# Watch for changes: created, deleted, modified
+inotifywait -m -e create -e delete -e modify "$DIR" --format '%e %f' |
+while read -r event file; do
+    notify-send "📂 Directory Change" "$event: $file"
+    echo "$(date '+%F %T')  $event  $file"
+done
+